Car-fender.



No. 766,428. I PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904. F. CSANITZ.

GAR FENDER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 26' 1904.

NO MODEL.

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Patented August 2, 1904.

'FFICE FRANZ (SANTA OF VI EN NA, A USTH l A- H U N( iARY.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,428, dated August2, 1904.

Application filed March 26,1904,

Be it known that l, FRANZ Gsaxrrz, a resident of Vienna,Austria-l'lungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCar-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

\ly invention relates to improvements in car-fenders particularlyadapted to electrically orself propelled ears and vehicles, and has forits object to provide a fender that normally will be raised clear fromthe ground for a comparatively considerable height and i whereupon whena person or other obstruction is met the fender will be automaticallylowered substantially into contact with the ground to prevent the personfrom passing under the car or vehicle.

To these and other ends, which will hereinafter appear, the inventionconsists of the novel features of improvement and combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and then pointed out in theappended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming parthereof, wherein Figure l'is a side elevation of a portion of a car orvehicle provided with my invention. Fig. 2 a plan view of the fenderdetached from the ear. Fig. 3 is a detail of a catch for holding theshield or fender-guard raised. Fig. -l is a detail view of the lowerfront edge of the fender, and Fig. is a detail view of Q a modified formof device for actuating the l fender.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor- 1 responding parts in theseveral views. l

lintheaccompanying drawings the numeral 1 indicates generally the fenderproper, which preferably is of such form as to act in the nature of ascoop to receive a person or other obstruction. ln the form shown thefender has side frame portions (indicated at 1) provided withwire-netting or the like 1 and wirenetting or the like 1 between thesides and extending along substantially parallel with the ground, theforward front edge of the side bars of the netting being curveddownwardly and forwardlyin scoop-like shape, and f at the forward edgethe fender 1 is provided l with a buffer or edging l", which is preferlSerial No 200,107. No model-J ably of resilient material, such asleather or rubber fabric, shown in tubular form, provided with webs l".secured in sockets in the edge of the frame. (See Fig. a.) This providesa resilient buffer to equalize inequalities in the road-bed and toprevent injury to a fallen person coming in contact with the tender. Thefender is supported upon the car or vehicle so that its forward edge 1may rise and fall, and means are provided for normally maintaining thefender at a distance above the surface of the road-bed and forpermitting the fender to descend to a point substantially in contactwith the road-bed when an obstruction is met. To this end 1 have shownthe fender provided with forked end portions 1, guided by bars 8",carried by the car 8, to give freedom of up-and-down motion to thefender, although, if preferred, the fender could be pivotally connectedwith the car for the same purpose. The forward or free end of the fenderis supported from the car or vehicle, as upon a beam 9, by means oflevers or bell-cranks, as follows: A link 3, pivotally connected withthe fender, is also pivotally connected with a lever or cranks, pivotedupon the beam 9 and connected bya rod 5 with a shield or guard 2, thatis pivotally supported at the forward end of the ear or vehicle. as upona bracket 2. and adapted to hang downwardly. as in full lines in Fig. 2.in front of the fender. The arrangement of the parts is such that whenthe shield or guard "2 hangs down,

as in full lines in Fig. 1, the lever or crank i will be pushed back,and thereby the fender will be raised from the ground, and when the 3shield or "tender-guard 2 strikes a person or other obstruction it willbe pushed back under the vehicle or car and by turning on its pivot 2"will draw the lever l forward, which will push down the fender intosubstantial contact with the road-bed, all as indicated in dotted linesin Fig. 1,.

At 6 is indicated a latch or catch, shown pivotally supported from thevehicleby a bracket 4 in such position as to engage the shield or guard2 when the latter is pushed under the car. so as to hold the sameelevated and keep the fender down. The shield or guard 2 may be in theform of a frame filled in with wire- I netting or the like to act as acomplete obstruction, and acts in the nature of an auxiliaryactuating-fender, because a person will be struck by the same before thefender proper reaches him.

In Fig. 5 the means for operating the fender is shown in the form of abell-crank 10, pivotally supported by the beam 9 and connected by a link11 with the fender 1 and at its upper end connected with the rod 5,which when connected with the shield or guard 2, as shown in Fig. 1,acts in the same manner as before described to lower the fender when theshield or guard 52 meets anpbstruction.

While I have shown the devices for supporting and operating the fenderon one side. of the car, it will be understood that similar devices willpreferably be arranged on both sides of the car and both sets of devicesconnected with the shield or fender-guard 2.

The details of construction may be varied without departing from thespirit of the invention, the devices shown and described being simply asimple embodiment of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

In combination with a car-fender normally held at an interval above theroad-bed, the shield 2 pivotally suspended from the car and situated infront of the said fender, the bellcrank lever L pivoted to said car andthe link 3 and rod 5 respectively connecting the said lever to thefender and shield, the said devices permitting the shield to swingfreely backward on contact with an obstruction and causing the fender tobe lowered to the ground substantially as set forth. i

FRANZ CSANITZ.

Witnesses:

ALvEsTo S. HOGUE, AUGUST FUGGER.

